Short Sharp Shock (film)

Short Sharp Shock German Kurz und schmerzlos is a 1998 film directed by TurkishGerman director Fatih Akn.

Gabriel Mehmet Kurtulu the Turk, Bobby Aleksandar Jovanovi the Serb and Costa Adam Bousdoukos the Greek are three friends who used to form a neighborhood gang in Altona district of Hamburg. Following his release from prison Gabriel is ready for a new start on life. Bobby however has been doing jobs for crazed Albanian mobster Muhamer Ralph Herforth and his girlfriend Alice Regula Grauwiller turns to Gabriel for comfort. When Costa who has turned to petty theft and is dating Gabriels sister Ceyda dil ner also joins Muhamers gang, Gabriel intervenes to save his friends, an action which puts his dreams of retiring to Turkey at risk.Fatih Akn had been working on the screenplay for this film, which was his feature debut, while he was studying at the Hamburg College of the Arts HFBK and working on his earlier shorts Sensin... Youre the One and Weed. The success of these shorts allowed him to secure funding from the Hamburgbased film production company Wste Filmproduktion for this film, which was shot on the streets of Altona in his hometown of Hamburg. ........

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